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i'm a big fan of marco rubio, for example. i think he's worked it aggressively. >> rose: a pathway to citizenship. >> i think that's basically where we're headed. you've got to have some kind of ultimate resolution and i'm not an expert in the subject but i think clearly we've got over 11 million illegals here and i think the ideas that we need to find ways to come to grips that with problem and pass legislation are sound so i'm more inclined to look at somebody like rubio and the work he's done as being something that we need to -- >> rose: it's something your administration wanted very much. the president cited it as one of his second-term goals. >> the president was very big on it. he had 44% of the latino vote in texas. >> rose: so what's happened to your party? >> i think the issue was probably badly handled during the last election. i think that contributed to it. >> rose: because of the competitiveness of the primary? >> partly. i think in part because one of the explanations -- i can't speak with authority to whether o
i'm a big fan of marco rubio, for example. i think he's worked it aggressively. >> rose: a pathway to citizenship. >> i think that's basically where we're headed. you've got to have some kind of ultimate resolution and i'm not an expert in the subject but i think clearly we've got over 11 million illegals here and i think the ideas that we need to find ways to come to grips that with problem and pass legislation are sound so i'm more inclined to look at somebody like rubio and the...
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i look at the republican senators who are there -- mccain, graham, rubio -- and i say to myself we have senators that can really move some boots on their side of the aisle. >> woodruff: senator dick durbin, the majority whip in the senate. thank you. >> good to be with you, judy. ifill: we turn to another republican senator who was there jeff flake who was just elected in arizona. welcome, senator flake. the democrats are perfectly happy to quote john mccain as saying this is about the results of the election. this is about politics. is it about politics or policy? >> both frankly. i think it's the best policy. some of us have been at this a while. we felt we have to deal with this issue but also the election are had a way of focusing our attention on this issue. whatever moves, politics or policy, i'm grateful for it and i think a lot of people will be. >> ifill: what do you say to members of your party who have already started to say this is not the right approach. this will only increase or atrablght more illegal immigrants. >> i don't think that's the case. if we put the measures in
i look at the republican senators who are there -- mccain, graham, rubio -- and i say to myself we have senators that can really move some boots on their side of the aisle. >> woodruff: senator dick durbin, the majority whip in the senate. thank you. >> good to be with you, judy. ifill: we turn to another republican senator who was there jeff flake who was just elected in arizona. welcome, senator flake. the democrats are perfectly happy to quote john mccain as saying this is about...
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. >> woodruff: back in washington florida republican marco rubio, a member of the bipartisan senate group, still seemed concerned the president wanted to move too far too fast >> if this endeavor becomes a bidding war to see who can come up with the easiest, quickest and cheapest pathway to green card possible, this thing is not going to go well, folks >> woodruff: senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said he's withholding judgment for now >> i think predicting how one is going to vote on this package before it gets out of committee is something i'm not prepared to do. but i will say... what i will say is there is obviously bipartisan desire to move forward on immigration legislation. my assumption is the majority leader will be doing that. >> woodruff: that would be nevada democrat harry reid who said lawmakers must act soon. >> i'm very, very hopeful. with the president in las vegas today, he has put his arms around the four senators on the democratic side and the republican side but with a caveat. he won't wait around forever to actually have legislation that we move on >> woodruff
. >> woodruff: back in washington florida republican marco rubio, a member of the bipartisan senate group, still seemed concerned the president wanted to move too far too fast >> if this endeavor becomes a bidding war to see who can come up with the easiest, quickest and cheapest pathway to green card possible, this thing is not going to go well, folks >> woodruff: senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said he's withholding judgment for now >> i think predicting how...
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two of the big players in that committee last week were rand paul and marcoÑi rubio. is it too early to gauge what impact it has and does it affect hillary clinton? >> well, i think republican party's clearly on still on a lot of issues trying to decide what kind of aÑi party. is it an activist party? is it for a strong executive? all the issues are tied up in this. i think while there's been an unusual amount of jockeying amongst the people eyeing a run who are members of congress, this issue is bigger than that. however they end up voting i think as a matter of in the moment analysis of the decisions i think it's not going to be a particularly momentous occasion assuming we do get a vote in the senate which i think we will. in terms of secretary clinton, one of the pieces that again we haven't talked about that i think will come into play next week is i think we're going see the kind of superfriend lobbying that we've seen in the past on some big issuesñr like. this think aa#ut nafta when there was events involving former president. i suspect the white house just
two of the big players in that committee last week were rand paul and marcoÑi rubio. is it too early to gauge what impact it has and does it affect hillary clinton? >> well, i think republican party's clearly on still on a lot of issues trying to decide what kind of aÑi party. is it an activist party? is it for a strong executive? all the issues are tied up in this. i think while there's been an unusual amount of jockeying amongst the people eyeing a run who are members of congress,...